<p>hi, so i am a transfer student. (finished my GEs, igetc, yada yada) and i was accepted into uci (theater), ucsd(theater) and chapman (communications). ultimately i chose chapman... i am enrolled in communications; however, my mom's friend can still get me an audition into the BFA screenacting at chapman uni. obviously i'm very grateful for that. however, i have about very little to no acting experience. i just know the industry a bit bcus my mom has friends in the business. i've been in one commerical and was a news reporter for a local channel. thats about the only "acting" experience i have for the past 5 years. i did plays in elementary and junior high but none in highschool or in college. i know i want to major in acting. my mom tells me to audition for the BFA at chapman, but honestly, i'm scared that i'll make a fool out of myself. (i don't even know where to start! and i only have about 1.5 weeks til the audition!) however, i think i'd much rather benefit from taking acting courses at my community college and as well as acting courses at south coast repertory as they are a "Tony Award winning regional theatre company in Orange County" so ultimately, i'd be taking a year off of academics to learn acting. then next summer, i'd LOVE to study acting abroad at RADA or BADA (did my research on CC) or something like that. then apply for obtain either my BA or BFA in theatre. </p>
<p>what do you guys think? ideally, i'd like to obtain my degree somewhere in socal because that is where i am from, however, i am open to all states. i was thinking USC but their requirements for graduation is all weird because they require a different set of general ed credits. UCLA would be nice; however, i feel that my GPA is a bit low as it is 3.2-3 and the few community college credits would not raise my GPA that much. i could always audition for chapman's BFA next year when i am more prepared. in no way am i in a hurry to finish school.. whats the rush? or i was thinking AADA in los angeles but i'd feel a bit "safe" if i got an BA or BFA degree rather than just an associates. </p>
<p>you guys seem to know alot more about schools than i do so any input would be appreciated. thanks!</p>
<p>did you take any acting classes in your college?
if not take those and some acting classes around your area
idk about Chapman but i do know you are going up against people with a long list of resumes of plays and etc
so you can wait til you are ready
or research auditioning (2 minute monologues either classical and contemporary or comedy or drama)</p>
<p>Can you provide a little information about why you chose Chapman communications over UCI and UCSD theatre? I am assuming that Chapman is where you are transfering into vs out of? Given your later discussion about USC and UCLA, I’m not sure I understand whether you are leaving or going to Chapman. Ahnd what year are you? Transfering into a BFA program if you are well into your four years would add quite a bit of time onto your studies since most I am familiar with would basically having your start from Year 1. Are you OK with that? And I see that you may be auditioning for screen acting? Is that your interest (vs stage acting or general acting)? Sorry for all the questions, but without that it may be hard to give you decent advice. Re: you question on whether your GPA would be problemmatic at USC/UCLA – it is much lower than their average admit but USC could be possible with very strong SATs and essays.</p>
<p>My D is entering as a Freshman at UCLA in the acting program.
Here’s a news flash.
they don’t CARE about your GPA.
Shocking, I know.</p>
<p>So long as you meet the minimum acceptances for UC, if you are someone they want because you are very talented, you are in. It is all about the audition/interview.<br>
They do look at your transcript. They said if they see a “C” in an acting that would be a problem. But overall, as long as you meet minimum UC GPA requirements, you are good.</p>
<p>i am a transfer, as in i have my general education done for a 4year degree. the BFA at chapman university will take 3 years. i understand that and am willing to work 3 years for a BFA. i decided on chapman university just because i love chapman; however, i do regret it because i don’t wanna be a communications major. screen acting is my interest as i want do to tele and film. SATS/ACT is not needed for me because i am a transfer.</p>
<p>It is always hard to give advice to other people when you don’t reallly know all of the circumstances, but I think if it were me, I would go for it. You are at a school that you love, they have the program you believe you want, you have an opportunity to audition for it . . . why not? I understand the fear of possibly not being as prepared as you want to be, but I think I would still try. I doubt that you will “make a fool of yourself” – so I would put that out of your mind. If you don’t get in, see if you can talk to the auditors/program faculty and see whether with additional outside training you could try again and be successful. Or you might hear that they don’t think you have what it takes to get into their program. . . . but if that is the case, isn’t it better to find that out sooner versus later</p>
<p>What they do is this… there is this formula for UC that is based upon a combination of GPA and SAT scores (this is for freshman… I don’t know about transfers.) If you get the “number” (whatever that number is) for admission to UC, then they will consider you. When you apply to UCLA, you have to do a supplemental application, with essays and a copy of your transcript, which the Theatre school looks at. As they put it, they don’t care about your math grades. They are looking to see what your grades are in classes like English and Drama. The critical factor is your audition/interview. But I would imagine if you had two equally talented students, and one was a very good student with great SAT scores, and the other had lower GPA/SAT scores, UCLA would take the student with the higher GPA/SAT. I don’t want to give the impression that UCLA Theatre students have low SAT/GPA. They don’t. My D had a 4.22 UC GPA, and was an AP Scholar with Honors. Her SAT was not that high, but still put her in the 85th percentile. Still, these are low numbers for UCLA, where many of the students have 4.5 GPA’s and 2200 SAT scores. The point is that the UCLA Theatre School will not eliminate a student on SAT and GPA if the student is talented and does a great audition if that student meets the requirements to get into ANY UC school, and has met the minimum acceptance numbers for ANY UC.</p>